Smith, Joshua; Northrup, William. Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs; for the use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians: Being formerly a collection by Joshua Smith - and Others; Ninth Edition with a large addition of hymns never before published, By William Northrup, V. D. M. Norwich, [Conn.]: John Sterry, 1799. Ninth Edition. [8505]
Full leather, cut marks in both boards, front joint cracked and nearly detached, 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Lacks front & rear blanks. Pencil scribbles and "Betsy Round" in pencil on the tp. Text with stains, closed tears, and edge tatters. Pp. 89-92 torn with some loss of text at bottom. 206 pp. ESTC calls for 214, [2] pp. This copy lacking the table or index. Fair. Full leather.
ESTC W12039; Evans 36319.
William Northrup (1760-1812), was a Baptist minister in Rhode Island.
"The progenitor of Divine Hymns, Joshua Smith (1760-1795), was a lay preacher affiliated with Baptist congregations in Caanan and Brentwood, New Hampshire. This book went through at least two dozen editions from 1791 to 1816. The titles of the editions varied, as did the collaborators and the publishers." - Music & Richardson, "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story", p. 138.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.